Sets or gets whether files will be automatically uploaded when selected.

Code example

Set the autoUpload property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ autoUpload: true });

Get the autoUpload property.

var autoUpload = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('autoUpload');

Sets or gets the file types that can be submitted to the server through jqxFileUpload. This property corresponds to the accept attribute of the hidden file input which is submitted to the URL specified by the uploadUrl property.

Possible values:

any file extension, for example: '.gif', '.jpg', '.png', '.doc', etc.

'audio/*' - all sound files are accepted.

'video/*' - all video files are accepted.

'image/*' - all image files are accepted.

any valid media type. For a list, please refer to IANA Media Types.

Code example

Set the accept property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ accept: 'image/*' });

Get the accept property.

var accept = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('accept');

Sets or gets the template applied to the 'Browse' button.

Possible Values:

'default' - the default button's template. The button's style depends only on the 'theme' property value.

'primary' - dark blue button for extra visual weight.

'success' - green button for successful or positive action.

'warning' - orange button which indicates caution.

'danger' - red button which indicates a dangerous or negative action.

'inverse' - dark gray button, not tied to a semantic action or use.

'info' - blue button, not tied to a semantic action or use.

'link' - making it look like a link.

Code example

Set the browseTemplate property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ browseTemplate: 'success' });

Get the autoUpload property.

var browseTemplate = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('browseTemplate');

Sets or gets the template applied to the 'Cancel All' button.

Possible Values:

'default' - the default button's template. The button's style depends only on the 'theme' property value.

'primary' - dark blue button for extra visual weight.

'success' - green button for successful or positive action.

'warning' - orange button which indicates caution.

'danger' - red button which indicates a dangerous or negative action.

'inverse' - dark gray button, not tied to a semantic action or use.

'info' - blue button, not tied to a semantic action or use.

'link' - making it look like a link.

Code example

Set the cancelTemplate property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ cancelTemplate: 'inverse' });

Get the cancelTemplate property.

var cancelTemplate = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('cancelTemplate');

Enables or disables the jqxFileUpload.

Code examples

Set the disabled property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ disabled: false });

Get the disabled property.

var disabled = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('disabled');

Sets or gets the name attribute of the hidden file input which is submitted to the URL specified by the uploadUrl property. This name is applied to the file input of the file about to be uploaded and after the upload the name attribute is removed so that it can be set to the next hidden file input (if any). As a result, there is only one file input with this name attribute at a time.

Code example

Set the fileInputName property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ fileInputName: 'fileToUpload' });

Get the fileInputName property.

var fileInputName = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('fileInputName'); 

Sets or gets the jqxFileUpload's height.

Code examples

Set the height property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ height: '150px' });

Get the height property.

var height = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('height');

Sets the various text values used in the widget. Useful for localization.

The localization object has the following fields:

browseButton - sets the text of the 'Browse' button.

uploadButton - sets the text of the 'Upload All' button.

cancelButton - sets the text of the 'Cancel All' button.

uploadFileTooltip - sets the text of the 'Upload File' tooltip.

cancelFileTooltip - sets the text of the 'Cancel' tooltip.

Code example

Set the localization property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ localization: { browseButton: 'Blättern', uploadButton: 'Laden Sie alle', cancelButton: 'alle Abbrechen', uploadFileTooltip: 'Datei hochladen', cancelFileTooltip: 'aufheben' } });

Get the localization property.

var localization = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('localization');

Sets or gets whether multiple files selection and upload are allowed.

Code example

Set the multipleFilesUpload property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ multipleFilesUpload: false });

Get the multipleFilesUpload property.

var multipleFilesUpload = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('multipleFilesUpload');

A callback function used for rendering the file selection rows.

Code example

Set the renderFiles property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ width: 300, uploadUrl: 'upload.php', fileInputName: 'fileToUpload',
    renderFiles: function (fileName) {
        var stopIndex = fileName.indexOf('.');
        var name = fileName.slice(0, stopIndex);
        var extension = fileName.slice(stopIndex);
        return name + '<strong>' + extension + '</strong>';
    }
}); 

Get the renderFiles property.

var renderFiles = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('renderFiles');

Sets or gets a value indicating whether widget's elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts.

Code example

Set the rtl property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ rtl : true });

Get the rtl property.

var rtl = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('rtl');

Sets the widget's theme.

jQWidgets uses a pair of css files - jqx.base.css and jqx.[theme name].css. The base stylesheet creates the styles related to the widget's layout like margin, padding, border-width, position. The second css file applies the widget's colors and backgrounds. The jqx.base.css should be included before the second CSS file. In order to set a theme, you need to do the following:

• Include the theme's CSS file after jqx.base.css.
  The following code example adds the 'energyblue' theme.

  
                                                                                          
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css" type="text/css" /> 
                                  

• Set the widget's theme property to 'energyblue' when you initialize it.

Sets or gets the upload URL. This property corresponds to the upload form's action attribute. For example, the uploadUrl property can point to a PHP file, which to handle the upload operation server-side. Here is a sample PHP file that allows only images no larger than 500 kB to be uploaded to the server:

<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
// Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
    $check = getimagesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]);
    if($check !== false) {
        echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
        $uploadOk = 1;
    } else {
        echo "File is not an image.";
        $uploadOk = 0;
    }
}
// Check if file already exists
if (file_exists($target_file)) {
    echo "Sorry, file already exists.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check file size
if ($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["size"] > 500000) {
    echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
}
// Allow certain file formats
if($imageFileType != "jpg" && $imageFileType != "png" && $imageFileType != "jpeg"
&& $imageFileType != "gif" ) {
    echo "Sorry, only JPG, JPEG, PNG & GIF files are allowed.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
    echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {
    if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
        echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). " has been uploaded.";
    } else {
        echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
    }
}
?>

A few notes about file uploads in PHP:

Many shared hosting servers allow a very low maximum file upload size. If you plan on accepting larger files, you should consider a dedicated or virtual dedicated server. To adjust the file upload size in PHP, modify the php.ini file's "upload_max_filesize" value. You can also adjust this value using PHP's .ini_set() function. The file upload counts towards the hosting environment's $_POST size, so you may need to increase the php.ini file's post_max_size value. Be sure to do a lot of file validation when allowing users to upload files. How horrible would it be to allow a user to upload a .exe file to your server? They could do horrible things on the server.

Code example

Set the uploadUrl property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ uploadUrl: 'upload.php' });

Get the uploadUrl property.

var uploadUrl = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('uploadUrl');

Sets or gets the template applied to the 'Upload All' button.

Possible Values:

'default' - the default button's template. The button's style depends only on the 'theme' property value.

'primary' - dark blue button for extra visual weight.

'success' - green button for successful or positive action.

'warning' - orange button which indicates caution.

'danger' - red button which indicates a dangerous or negative action.

'inverse' - dark gray button, not tied to a semantic action or use.

'info' - blue button, not tied to a semantic action or use.

'link' - making it look like a link.

Code example

Set the uploadTemplate property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ uploadTemplate: 'primary' });

Get the uploadTemplate property.

var uploadTemplate = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('uploadTemplate');

Sets or gets the jqxFileUpload's width.

Code examples

Set the width property.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload({ width: 300 });

Get the width property.

var width = $('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('width');

This event is triggered when a file row has been removed.

Code examples

Bind to the remove event by type: jqxFileUpload.

$('#jqxFileUpload').on('remove', function (event) {
    var fileName = event.args.file;
    // Your code here.
});

This event is triggered when a file has been selected.

Code examples

Bind to the select event by type: jqxFileUpload.

$('#jqxFileUpload').on('select', function (event) {
    var args = event.args;
    var fileName = args.file;
    var fileSize = args.size; // Note: Internet Explorer 9 and earlier do not support getting the file size.
    // Your code here.
});

This event is triggered when a file upload operation has started.

Code examples

Bind to the uploadStart event by type: jqxFileUpload.

$('#jqxFileUpload').on('uploadStart', function (event) {
    var fileName = event.args.file;
    // Your code here.
}); 

This event is triggered when a file upload operation has ended.

Code examples

Bind to the uploadEnd event by type: jqxFileUpload.

$('#jqxFileUpload').on('uploadEnd', function (event) {
    var args = event.args;
    var fileName = args.file;
    var serverResponce = args.response;
    // Your code here.
});

Browses for a file.

Note: due to browser restrictions, this method would not work on Internet Explorer 9 or earlier.

Code examples

Invoke the browse method.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('browse');

Cancels a selected file.

Code examples

Invoke the cancelFile method.

// @param int. The expected parameter is the file index.
                        
$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('cancelFile', 3);

Cancels all selected files.

Code examples

Invoke the cancelAll method.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('cancelAll');

Destroys the jqxFileUpload.

Code examples

Invoke the destroy method.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('destroy'); 

Renders the widget.

Code examples

Invoke the render method.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('render');

Refreshes the widget.

Code examples

Invoke the refresh method.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('refresh'); 

Uploads a selected file.

Code examples

Invoke the uploadFile method.

// @param int. The expected parameter is the file index.
                        
$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('uploadFile', 1);

Uploads all selected files.

Code examples

Invoke the uploadAll method.

$('#jqxFileUpload').jqxFileUpload('uploadAll');